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SAVE THE DATE! The Pottery Museum of Red Wing’s Fall Festival is Nov. 2nd!!
Attention RWCS Members!!
Please support our Pottery Museum of Red Wing and attend the annual Fall Antique Festival –
The date is coming up fast! See you all there!
Registration is open for MidWinter 2025!
To locate information as it is added, on the front page of the site, look under Events, then MidWinter Weekend.
Questions? Email membership@redwingcollectors.org
Hope to see you all there!
2026 MidWinter Show & Sale
2026 MidWinter Mini-Show & Sale
Holiday Inn Northwest, Des Moines, IA
This exciting event will kick off the MidWinter fun!
It was such a great success last year, we brought it back again for 2026!
MidWinter Mini-Show and Sale will be held
Thursday, January 29, 2026 from 3-5pm in the Minnesota Room located on the lower level.
Quality Dealers will be set up with “fresh” merchandise!!! Your chance to add to your collection or start a new one. Something for everyone stoneware, art pottery, dinnerware, signs and more.
*SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR DEALERS AT THIS MINI SHOW AND SALE ONLY*
* Visit the Iowa Department of Revenue website ( https://revenue.iowa.gov/ )and register for an IDR ID. Provide your business information and select the appropriate tax types you report.
Do I need to renew my tax ID number?
No. Once you’ve obtained it, it’s typically valid for the life of your business or organization, as long as you continue to operate and fulfill your tax obligations. However, you must update your information with the IRS if your business structure or ownership changes.
2024 CrockFest Auction Prices Realized
Houghton’s Auctions / 2024 CrockFest Auction:
MidWinter 2024 Auction Prices Realized
The 2024 MidWinter Auction was a HUGE success!!
Thank you to all of our members who attended and all of the volunteers who made this event possible. You are appreciated!
To view the final realized prices from the February 3rd auction in Des Moines, CLICK HERE!
Give to the Max
Thursday, November 16, 2023! It is the biggest fundraiser for your Pottery
Museum of Red Wing, and all donations during the month of November will count
toward Give to the Max. We are excited about all that has been happening this year – a record number of riverboats have visited, new exhibits are planned, and plans for the kiln are moving forward.
We are delighted that we have a $25,000 match toward Give to the Max this year! Make sure that you give in November and know that your gift will go twice as far! Thank you for all the ways you support your museum!
To help the museum reach its Give-to-the-Max Fundraising goal, you can:
- Mail your check to the Pottery Museum of Red Wing,
240 Harrison St. Suite #4,
Red Wing, MN 55066-3058 - Use the DONATE button on the website: https://potterymuseumredwing.org/donate
- Visit the Pottery Museums’s page on the Give to the Max Day website,
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Rwcsfoundation - Call 651.327.2220 if you’d like to use your credit card.
RWCS Foundation
RWCS Foundation and Pottery Museum of Red Wing News
This page is devoted to news from the RWCSF for RWCS members.
2020 Meetings begin at 9 am
Saturday, April 18 Regular BOD Meeting
Monday, July 6 Regular BOD Meeting
Saturday, November 14 Regular BOD Meeting and Annual Meeting
Meeting Location unless otherwise stated:
Pottery Museum of Red Wing
240 Harrison St
For more information on the Foundation meetings please contact their Char Henn at 651-327-2220 or director@potterymuseumredwing.org
Red Wing Lotus Vase, H 510
Question:
My name is Barb. I sent a few pics of this vase. It is roughly 10 and three quarter inches in height at the top lip; roughly 5 and a half inches wide at the belly; there are about 5 chips at the base.
Was wondering what value this item may be worth?
Thank you, will wait for your response.
Barb
Answer: These can be quite valuable in mint condition. Damage in art pottery sends it plummeting. Even with damage, you might get $20 for this. Mint they are currently $150-200 for most shapes.
Convention Supplements
Supplement
Each year the RWCS Executive Director works closely with the Red Wing Republican Eagle staff to produce our annual Convention Supplement. This resource is the main source of information during the Convention in Red Wing. It includes a schedule of activities, education session, as well as articles on what is going on in the Red Wing Collectors Society.
The Convention Supplement will be available online after the Convention. This information is available beginning with the 2006 Supplement.
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